REVEAL Biomarkers of Engraftment After Alternative Donor HSCT
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03541889 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : May 31, 2018
Last Update Posted : February 16, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Primary Graft Failure | Drug: FLT imaging and TK1 blood measurements | Phase 1 |
This is a prospective pilot study whose primary aim is to determine whether investigational FLT imaging can detect and distinguish non-engraftment from delayed engraftment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in populations at highest risk for graft failure. The investigators will enroll 50 patients undergoing myeloblative transplantation on this trial (15 pediatric and adult recipients of cord blood stem cells, 15 pediatric and adult recipients of haplo-identical HSCT, and 20 recipients of these two stem cell sources who have not engrafted by day 28). The planned length of this trial is 5 years and it will be conducted at 3 centers: Emory/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (pediatric and adult), University of Oklahoma (adult), and University of Michigan (pediatric and adult).
For all pediatric and adult patients undergoing cord blood HSCT, three FLT images will be taken: first, one day prior to HSCT and second and third, on days 9 and 28 after HSCT. For recipients of haplo-HSCT, the FLT images will be taken one day prior to HSCT and then on days 5 and 28 after HSCT. Pediatric and adult patients who have not engrafted by day 24 after cord or haplo-identical HSCT will undergo a single FLT PET/CT image within one week, to determine if this scan can identify graft failure versus delayed engraftment. Blood samples will also be collected from all patients for blood biomarker analysis, including thymidine kinase-1 (TK1). Each patient will be in this study for one year.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Multi-institutional Prospective Pilot Research of Imaging and Blood Biomarker EValuation of Engraftment After ALlogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 5, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cord and haplo imaging cohort
For all pediatric and adult patients undergoing cord blood HSCT, FLT PET/CT imaging will occur one day prior to HSCT and on days 9 and 28 after HSCT. For recipients of haplo-HSCT, FLT PET/CT imaging will occur one day prior to HSCT and on days 5 and 28 after HSCT.
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Drug: FLT imaging and TK1 blood measurements
F18 labeled thymidine PET/CT scans will be performed. Serum measurements of TK1 will be obtained. |
Experimental: Nonengrafted cohort
Pediatric and adult patients who have not engrafted by day 24 after cord or haplo-identical HSCT will undergo a single FLT PET/CT image within one week to determine if this scan can identify graft failure versus delayed engraftment.
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Drug: FLT imaging and TK1 blood measurements
F18 labeled thymidine PET/CT scans will be performed. Serum measurements of TK1 will be obtained. |
- FLT SUV identifies graft failure [ Time Frame: 24-28 days ]To calculate if SUV > 1.2 identifies subclinical engraftment using FLT PET/CT imaging for recipients of cord and haplo-HSCT who have not engrafted within 24 days of HSCT.
- Map subclinical engraftment in alternative donor HSCT [ Time Frame: Day -1 to Day 28 after HSCT ]Use SUV increase in particular medullary spaces to identify the first site of marrow settling after HSCT in alternative donor HSCT
- TK1 serum levels identify graft failure [ Time Frame: 24-28 days ]Calculate if TK1 level increases correlate with clinical engraftment
- Number of patients with CTCAE version 5 events exceeding grade 3 that are possibly, probably, or definitely attributed to the FLT imaging [ Time Frame: Day -1 to Day 28 after HSCT ]Safety of FLT in alternative donor HSCT - Calculate the number of patients with CTCAE version 5 events exceeding grade 3 that are possibly, probably, or definitely attributed to the FLT imaging
- Other cytokine and chemokine markers of graft failure [ Time Frame: 24-28 days ]Explore other cellular, cytokine, and chemokine markers of subclinical engraftment

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 4 Years to 60 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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General
- 4 to 60 years of age
- Able to perform FLT imaging without anesthesia
- Diagnosed with a condition for which myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is standard of care and HSCT is planned or has occured.
- In morphologic remission prior to HSCT
- Patient or guardian able to give informed consent
- No investigational therapies within past 28 days Karnofsky or Lansky performance status >60%
Arm A
- Cord blood recipients: Absence of donor specific antibodies (DSA) to cord HLA
- Haplo-identical recipients: > 5/10 and < 7/8 allele mismatch related donor
- Total bilirubin < 2.5 mg/dL (unless documented Gilbert's syndrome) and transaminases < 5 x the upper limit of normal
- Creatinine clearance or GFR > 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (performed pre-HSCT)
- FEV1 > 80% post-bronchodilator and DLCO Adj > 70% (performed pre-HSCT if age appropriate) and SA02 > 94% on room air
- Ejection fraction > 50% (performed pre-HSCT)
Arm B
*Non-engraftment recipients of cord or haplo-identical HSCT: Primary graft failure as defined by ANC not > 500 for 3 consecutive days and at least 24 days after HSCT
Inclusion Criteria - Donors
Arms A and B
- 2 cords and ≥ 4/6 match to recipient for each (as per current National Marrow Donor guidelines), with a dose ≥ 2 x 10e6 CD34 cells/kg for each cord OR > 5/10 and < 7/8 allele mismatch related donor
- Institutional guidelines met for donor suitability
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of psychiatric disorder which may compromise compliance with transplant protocol, or which does not allow for appropriate informed consent
- Clinically significant systemic illness with manifestations of significant organ dysfunction which, in the judgment of the PI or Co-I, would render the patient unlikely to tolerate the protocol therapy or complete the study
- Presence of active malignancy from an organ system other than hematopoietic
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Patients who are unable or unwilling to use effective form(s) of contraception during the course of the study
- Prior history of fluorothymidine allergy or intolerance
- Decline enrollment on CIBMTR research protocol

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03541889
Contact: Kirsten M Williams, MD | 404-727-4253 | kirsten.marie.williams@emory.edu | |
Contact: Jennifer Holter, MD | Jennifer-Holter@ouhsc.edu |
United States, Georgia | |
Emory University | Not yet recruiting |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322 | |
Contact: Kirsten M Williams, MD kirsten.marie.williams@emory.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Kirsten M Williams, MD | |
United States, Michigan | |
University of Michigan | Not yet recruiting |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109 | |
Contact: Gregory A Yanick, MD | |
Principal Investigator: Gregory A Yanick, MD | |
United States, Oklahoma | |
Stephenson Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104 | |
Contact: Jennifer Holter, MD 405-271-8777 Jennifer-Holter@ouhsc.edu | |
Contact: IIT Office SCC-IIT-Office@ouhsc.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Holter, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Kirsten Williams, MD | Emory University |
Responsible Party: | University of Oklahoma |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03541889 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
OU-SCC-REVEAL |
First Posted: | May 31, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 16, 2021 |
Last Verified: | February 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |